Law & Crime

About one of every six police departments is using body cameras to record the conduct of officers when they interact with the public, but more are joining the ranks now that federal funds are available to buy equipment.

In Richmond, the American Civil Liberties Union warns that guidelines for the use of body cameras are critical. Here’s director of the Virginia chapter - Claire Guthrie Gastenaga

“You know Virginia is all over the map. I mean the situation -- the word we use is chaotic.”

With a growing number of college campus shootings, it’s no surprise that some professors are feeling uneasy. Others are coming up with some ways to limit firearm access without violating the Second Amendment.

As a senior writer at the Chronicle of Higher Education, Beth McMurtrie spends a lot of time talking to professors, and lately she finds they’re feeling angry and anxious.

Washington is gridlocked, but that doesn’t mean the two parties aren’t working together behind the scenes. For more than a year a bipartisan group of lawmakers have been trying to tackle criminal justice reform. Congressman Goodlatte, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, says the negotiations were tough, but that in the end they came up with a legitimate compromise.